Longevity: From Being Pushed By The Witch
Chapter 376 Undercurrent Surges
The process of attacking the city unexpectedly went smoothly.
At least it was much smoother than Ji Boying had imagined.
Wang Lie led three hundred brave warriors from the Wandao Trading Company and only took half an hour to open a large hole in the seemingly indestructible city wall!
Although Yuyang City is one of the twelve main cities in the Arctic Cold Continent, its foundation is much inferior to that of Qian Dao Lake.
The defending army on the city wall was not numerous, and the strongest among them was only at the Gold Core stage.
Although two batches of reinforcements arrived later, it is unclear whether the message transmission efficiency was too low or if Yuyang City itself had such weak combat power.
The strongest among these two batches of reinforcements was only at the mid-Nascent Soul stage.
The number of reinforcements brought was only a little less than two thousand.
With such a small number of Nascent Soul cultivators, without forming a formation or utilizing the advantages of timing, location, and people, it was extremely difficult to deal with a pure cultivator in the Soul Formation stage, let alone Wang Lie, who was already at the peak of the Yuan Martial stage.
After the city wall was breached, the kind-looking old man behind Wang Lie arranged for about ten outstanding individuals to lead small troops to support Wang Lie and help quickly occupy Yuyang City.
And so...
From the moment Wang Lie breached the city to the complete occupation of the main city area by the ten or so small squads behind him, it took less than ten hours.
This first battle of the Northern Expedition can be considered a successful and smooth passage.
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At that time...
Ji Boying, like everyone else, stood on the flying boat and watched as Yuyang City in the distance grew closer.
Although this battle seemed to have no problems, whether it was the process of the attack or the subsequent occupation of the city, everything seemed reasonable and flawless.
But for some reason...
Ji Boying always felt something was strange.
As for what exactly was strange, he couldn't say.
"Maybe I've read too much Romance of the Three Kingdoms..."
"This is the world of cultivation after all, where one's individual strength can suppress ten others. The art of war and such have little significance."
"After all, with all the trouble you've gone through, in the end, you might not be able to withstand a single sword from someone else..."
Ji Boying self-mockingly smiled in his heart, then quickly dispersed the various random thoughts in his mind and calmly followed the flying boat into Yuyang City.
Hmm...
The process of entering the city was also extremely smooth.
Not only did the city defense army surrender, but even the influential families, sects, and independent cultivators were all firmly under control.
Faced with the suppression of the Wandao Trading Company, they not only didn't resist, but many of them even flattered and fawned.
Of course, flattery had to be rewarded.
These people were either the heads of influential families, the leaders of sects, or officials of the city lord's mansion.
After all, only they had the qualifications to become traitors...
And were the most likely to become traitors.
As for why this was the result...
It was naturally due to the first order given by the kind-looking old man, Chen, after he entered the city.
"But if there are any resistors, execute their entire families within a hundred zhang radius, regardless of their involvement. Within a thousand zhang radius, regardless of their involvement, cripple their cultivation!"
These were the exact words of the kind-looking Chen.
Upon hearing this, Ji Boying almost burst out laughing on the spot.
Damn, this guy is truly ruthless!
But...
Compared to the scum of a certain small island country in his previous life, he still fell short.
After all, no matter how cruel Chen was, he was still a human being, not a beast.
With brutal slaughter and the purest form of killing, it may seem like they are creating karma, but...
The former was to satisfy one's own twisted and bloodthirsty desires.
The latter was a choice between life and death.
There is a fundamental difference between the two.
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After entering the city, the kind-looking Chen arranged the accompanying soldiers in the four directions of the inner city.
As for the core members of the trading company, they settled in the city lord's mansion and the surrounding residential areas.
Ji Boying, as a talisman master and the designated successor appointed by the top of the Huiyue Ranking and the total hall master, received special treatment during this special period.
A standalone small attic.
The scale is not large, only two floors, even smaller than the small bamboo building in the back mountain of the Dongzhou branch.
But...
In such an environment, having independent space is already good, not to mention this standalone attic.
Inside the attic... Ji Boying designated the first floor as his symbol room for studying talismans, and the second floor is used for discussing life and attending physiology classes with Li Yueyao.
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North of Yuyang City...
On top of a mountain peak.
As a black shadow suddenly appeared in the forest path, a cloaked figure quickly emerged and finally stopped halfway up the mountain in front of an inconspicuous cave entrance.
He first looked around, then suddenly released his spiritual sense, covering an area of tens of miles to confirm that there was no one following him. Only then did he calm down and focus his gaze on the cave entrance.
He took out a token and pressed it forward through the air.
The originally ordinary cave entrance instantly rippled.
The cloaked figure retrieved the token and stepped into it.
Not long after...
The ripples returned to normal, and the cave entrance remained unchanged, as if nothing had happened.
At that moment.
The cloaked figure who entered the ripple had already arrived in a narrow and deep gorge.
The previous ripple turned out to be a teleportation array.
He took off the cloak that covered his face, revealing a delicate and cold face. Surprisingly, it was a female cultivator.
She continued to walk deeper into the gorge.
Until she passed through a marshland covered with weeds and a murmuring lake, she finally reached the end of the gorge—a giant cave!
On both sides of the cave entrance stood two Gold Core cultivators, wearing white robes with the words "Qinghua" embroidered on their chests and holding long knives.
Upon seeing the female cultivator, the two Gold Core cultivators immediately split up. One of them stepped forward to greet her, while the other turned and entered the cave, presumably to report.
"Greetings, City Lord Mu!"
The sword-bearing cultivator bowed to the female cultivator.
She nodded slightly in response, then continued to walk into the cave.
Inside the cave, she saw numerous Qinghua cultivators sitting cross-legged on the ground, dressed in blue and white robes.
These cultivators were all at the Gold Core and Nascent Soul stages, with the word "Qinghua" embroidered on their chests. The cultivators in white robes were all at the Gold Core stage, while the cultivators in blue robes were all at the Nascent Soul stage.
Just then, a gentle breeze blew in.
Behind this group of blue and white cultivators, a powerful spiritual pressure surged like a tide. Before long, the cultivator who had been guarding the cave entrance walked out with more than ten Soul Formation stage experts wearing blue robes.
At the back of this group of Soul Formation cultivators were three old men wearing purple robes.
The three old men had restrained auras, but their status was definitely higher than the ten-plus Soul Formation experts.
They were likely experts at the Returning Void stage.
As the number one sect in the Northern Continent, and the only sect that could rival the Heavenly Demon Temple and the Wan Dao Trading Company, the Qinghua Divine Sect certainly wouldn't lack experts at the Returning Void stage.
The cloaked female cultivator stepped forward and bowed to the ten-plus Soul Formation experts and the three purple-robed elders.
"Greetings, esteemed elders, greetings to the three Grand Elders!"
One of the purple-robed elders nodded slightly and smiled softly.
"They... have already settled in Yuyang City?"
"Indeed!"
The cloaked female cultivator had a serious expression, but there was a hint of admiration in her eyes.
"Just as the Sect Master expected, the Wan Dao Trading Company's expedition into the Northern Continent is led by two Returning Void Divine Lords, and they have split into two teams. One team has already entered Yuyang City, and the leader is one of the Four Fiends of the Mysterious Yin Main Hall, Chen Hui!"
Upon hearing this, the purple-robed elder's calm face also showed admiration and approval.
He paused for a moment and chuckled.
"Chen Hui is one of the Four Fiends of the Mysterious Yin Hall, and his personal strength is second only to the two Hall Masters of the Mysterious Yin Hall. If we can kill him in Yuyang City... the Sect Master's plan may advance to the second stage ahead of schedule!"
The other purple-robed elder nodded slightly, then spoke solemnly.
"Chen Hui is not to be underestimated. He comprehended the Law of Slaughter hundreds of years ago. Even though he hasn't made a breakthrough since then, his foundation is even deeper than before. We... need to be cautious in dealing with him."
"Naturally."
The previous purple-robed elder nodded slightly, then turned his gaze to the ten-plus Soul Formation experts and said in a solemn tone.
"Spread the order!"
"At the end of the third day, all disciples, both internal and external, will evacuate this place according to the original plan and wait fifty miles east of Yuyang City!"
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